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Fatty foods: Xtreme Eating Awards 2013

Uno Chicago Grill's Deep Dish Macaroni & 3-Cheese

The Center for Science in the Public Interest named the winners of its "Xtreme Eating Awards," which are restaurants that the consumer advocacy group believes are creating menu items with the "purpose of promoting obesity, diabetes, and heart disease."

Uno's Deep Dish Macaroni is made up of four cups of pasta, cheddar, Parmesan and Romano cheeses along with Alfredo sauce and a Ritz Cracker topping. The meal contains 1,980 calories, which equals the amount a person should consume in a day. It also contains 71 grams of saturated fat and 3,110 mg of sodium.

IHOP's Country Fried Steak & Eggs

The Country Fried Steak & Eggs at IHOP is made up of deep-fried steak with gravy, two fried eggs, deep-fried potatoes, and two buttermilk pancakes. The meal has a total of 1,760 calories, 23 grams of saturated fat, 3,720 milligrams of sodium, and 11 teaspoons of added sugar.

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The Cheesecake Factory's Bistro Shrimp Pasta

The Bistro Shrimp Pasta is billed as "crispy battered shrimp, fresh mushrooms, tomato and arugula tossed with spaghettini and a basil-garlic-lemon cream sauce." It has 3,120 calories and 89 grams of saturated fat.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest has more on the unhealthy dishes.

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The Cheesecake Factory Crispy Chicken Costoletta

The meal sounds harmless with its "lightly breaded" chicken breasts, mashed potatoes and fresh asparagus, but the meal packs 2,610 calories, 89 grams of saturated fat and 2,720 milligrams of sodium. The dish has more calories than any steak, chop or burger meal on The Cheesecake Factory's menu.

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Maggiano's Little Italy's Chocolate Zuccotto Cake

Each slice of Maggiano's Chocolate Zuccotto cake is five inches tall, four inches wide and weighs just short of a pound. The cake delivers 1,820 calories, 62 grams of saturated fat and 26 teaspoons of added sugar.

Maggiano's Little Italy's Veal Porterhouse

Maggiano's 18 oz. Veal Porterhouse is drizzled with butter sauce and comes with half a pound of roasted, fried and garlic-buttered red potatoes. The meal in total equals 2,710 calories, 45 grams of saturated fat and 3,700 milligrams of sodium.

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Chili's Full Rack of Baby Back Ribs with Shiner Bock BBQ sauce

Chili's Full Rack of Baby Back Ribs made in Shiner Bock beer BBQ sauce packs 1,660 calories, 39 grams of saturated fat and 5,025 milligrams of sodium, but the ribs aren't sold by themselves. They are also served with fries and Cinnamon Apples, which brings the total calorie count to 2,330 calories.

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Johnny Rockets' Bacon Cheddar Double

Johnny Rockets' Bacon Cheddar Double burger is served along with its Sweet Potato Fries and Big Apple Shake, which actually contains a slice of apple pie. That meal delivers a total of 3,500 calories, 88 grams of saturated fat and 3,720 milligrams of sodium.

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Smoothie King's Peanut Power Plus Grape Smoothie

Smoothie King combines peanut butter, banana, sugar, and grape juice in its Peanut Power Plus Grape Smoothie. A 40-oz. order of the smoothie contains 1,460 calories and three-and-a-half days' worth of added sugar (22 teaspoons). However, some experts believe it might actually be closer to six-and-a-half days' worth, since the 17 teaspoons of naturally occurring sugar in the grape juice aren't any healthier than added sugar. There's also an additional 12 teaspoons of sugar coming from the banana and nonfat milk.